Integrating autonomous delivery service into a passenger transportation system

• Published in: International journal of production research Vol. 59; no. 7; pp. 2116 - 2139
• Main Authors: Mourad, Abood, Puchinger, Jakob, Van Woensel, Tom
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Taylor & Francis 03.04.2021; Taylor & Francis LLC
• Series: Smart city for sustainable urban logistics
• Subjects: Adaptive algorithms; Adaptive search techniques; ALNS; Approximation; Delivery services; Mathematics; Optimization; Optimization and Control; Passengers; pickup and delivery; Public transportation; Robots; sample average; scheduled lines; stochastic demand; Transportation services; Transportation systems; Urban areas; Windows (intervals); Sample average; Pickup and delivery; Scheduled lines; ALNS; Stochastic demand

The increasing demand for goods, especially in urban areas, together with the technological advances are creating both opportunities and challenges for planning urban freight systems. One of these promising opportunities is to use the underused assets in people-based systems to transport goods. In t...